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antididagma_a ibid._n and_o oppose_v bucer_n ibid._n the_o bishop_n mediates_n for_o the_o duke_n of_o cleve_n 313._o the_o clergy_n plead_v against_o their_o archbishop_n 340._o they_o appeal_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o emperor_n ibid._n the_o archbishop_n answer_v their_o appeal_n ibid._n they_o subscribe_v the_o appeal_n 341._o the_o archbishop_n be_v cite_v by_o the_o emperor_n and_o the_o pope_n 351._o answer_n to_o his_o citation_n to_o the_o emperor_n 352._o appeal_v to_o a_o council_n 411._o the_o archbishop_n be_v depose_v by_o the_o pope_n 417._o he_o be_v persuade_v to_o resign_v his_o bishopric_n 418._o vide_fw-la adolph_n count_n schauwenbourg_n herman_n the_o old_a bishop_n die_v 573._o conclave_n the_o ceremony_n there_o practise_v in_o the_o choose_n of_o pope_n 489._o confederate_a prince_n against_o charles_n the_o v._o propose_v condition_n to_o he_o 109._o vide_fw-la maurice_n consecration_n of_o all_o sort_n bell_n church_n altar_n etc._n etc._n 481_o 482._o 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speech_n be_v communicate_v to_o the_o state_n ibid._n he_o give_v in_o other_o paper_n to_o the_o diet_n 281._o protest_v by_o letter_n against_o a_o national_a council_n 282._o accuse_v to_o the_o pope_n and_o die_v 299._o cosimo_n succeed_v alexander_n de_fw-fr medicis_n in_o the_o duchy_n of_o florence_n 210._o marry_v eleanor_n daughter_n to_o the_o viceroy_n of_o naples_n ibid._n cosmus_n vide_fw-la cosimo_n coyre_n bishop_n of_o coyre_n recall_v by_o the_o grison_n from_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 529._o cranmer_n tho._n a._n b._n of_o canterbury_n call_v bucer_n and_o fagius_n into_o england_n 479._o vindicate_v himself_o from_o the_o aspersion_n of_o the_o papist_n 590._o be_v send_v to_o the_o tower_n ibid._n burn_v at_o oxford_n ibid._n crescentio_n cardinal_n the_o pope_n legate_n at_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n 518._o die_v at_o verona_n 548._o fall_v sick_a with_o see_v a_o apparition_n of_o a_o black_a dog_n ibid._n cronberg_n walter_n grand_a master_n of_o the_o 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